If you want to try Slackware out without a lot of fuss... At Distrowatch... 'Puppy' get the Slacko-5.x version (under 200MB). You can burn it to a CD and even create a savefile (all your experiments etc.,) on the CD you burn the .iso to and you won't need your HDD at all. It's based strictly on Slackware and a sweet little program that will surprise you as to just what it can do. An excellent way to play with a program without using any of your HDD. You mess up, just burn another CD. The Puppy Linux Forum is very friendly if you need help.Enjoy